Vehicle wheel



July 10, 1 928. A 1,676,303 Y J. H. WAGE NHORST VEHICLE WHEEL OriginalFiled Feb. 24, 1919 Patented July 10, 1928.

JAMES H. WAGENHOBST, OF JACKSONyMICHIGAN.

VEHICLE WHEEL.

December 3, 1925.

- Original application filed February 24, 1919,.Seria1 No. 278,640.Divided and this application filed This invention relates toimprovements in vehicle wheels and particularly, toa wheel comprising aplurality of wooden spokes and a sheet metal felly or fixed rim.

5 One object ofthe invention is to provide an exceedingly strong anddurable wheel and one which can be quickly, easily and economicallymanufactured and assembled.

A further object is to provide a novel and 10 simple but efficientarrangement for locking Figure 1 is aside elevation of a portion of 'awheel illustrating the preferred-embodiment of the present invention;and

Fig. .2 is a perspective view, partly in see- I tion, illustrating thenovel construction for securing the rim against lateral movement on thefelly. 7'

As illustrated in the drawings, there is a rim supporting meansinterposed between the outer ends of the spokes loan the tire-- carryingrim 11 which is provided with means, such as flanges 12, for securingthe tire (not shown) thereon. In the preferred form of the invention,this interposed rimsupporting means is the felly 13 in which there is aseries of aperturesl l, for receiving the tenons 15 at the outer ends ofthe spokes.

4 The felly 13 may be split, as at 16, and

' after the spokes 10 are assembled in aper-v tures 14 and the tirecarrying-rin'i has been applied thereto. said rim is contracted on thefelly either by heat or upsetting to complete the assemblage of thewheel. However, as there must be some means for preventing lateralmovement of the tire-carrying rim on'the felly 13, the felly and rim areadapted to be secured together with the felly enof the rim for thispurpose.

gaging against abutments on the inner face Serial No. 72,920.

The, preferred arrangement for accompllshingthls result consists inproviding. op-

ppsed laterallyspaced shoulders or beads 11, as by forming acircumferentially extendlngchannel 18 in the inner face of the 7 base ofrim, 11,'between which shoulders or beads the felly 13 is positionedwhen the wheel is being assembled. ,When the rim has been contracted orcompressed the felly will be firmly locked betweenthese shoulders orbeads 17 so asto prevent relative lateral movement of the rim and.felly. In

so far as this phase of the invention is'concerned, the folly and theconnection between thefelly and spokes may assume various 1 forms but1t, is preferred that the felly be provided with the outwardly disposedlegs 1 19 which are adapted to engage against-the shoulders or beads 17and support the tirecarrying rim. i

shoulders or beads need not be con-' t nuous around the rim but such aconstruc- I t1on 1s very desirable as the beadsv stiffen .75 ing theirfunction of securing the rim:

the rim materially in addition to performagainst lateral'slip on thefelly.

This application is a division of applicants co-pendingapplication'Serial No. 278,640, filed February 24. 1919, on which U. .S.Letters Patent No. 1,58%,576 were i grantedv May 11th, 1926.

l/Vhat' I claim is: i

. In a wheel, the combination of a sheet metal felly of channelcross-section having frontiand rear legs, and a continuous, tirecarrylngrim having a rim base provided with parallel inwardly extendingbeads,,said felly being transversely .split and the ends thereof beingdisconnected except through said rim, and said rim being contracted uponthe felly to bringthe' rim base into seating engagement with the edgesof'said felly legs, whereby said beads engage the felly to preventlateral displacement and" circumferential shifting of the rim .withref'spect thereto and therfsplit felly is' con tracted to anchor the wheelspokes more JAMESAH. wAenNHoRsrp i

